Tag Archives: Dark Days Challenge

Dark Days: Pullet Eggs Poached in Quick Tomato and Spinach Sauce

Posted on January 9, 2011 by marisa

My March column in Grid Philly (it’s a local magazine dedicated sustainability) is all about eggs. I’ve come up with three seriously delicious egg recipes that are a little different from your standard scrambled or sunnyside up. Because the magazine … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Veal Cutlets, Sauteed Spinach and Roasted Potatoes

Posted on December 5, 2010 by marisa

The short, chilly days of winter are now upon us and that means just one thing. Time for another round of the Dark Day Challenge, in which participants from all over the country (and world) prepare at least one intentionally … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Kale, Ham and Potatoes

Posted on March 29, 2010 by marisa

We’ve come to the end of the Dark Days Challenge. Along with participants all across the country, I’ve been cooking one intentionally local meal every week since November. I’ve eaten lots of my own home-canned goods, along with brussels sprouts, … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Shepherd’s Pie

Posted on March 21, 2010 by marisa

Scott and I spent large hunks of today outside, rejoicing in the 70 degree day and fragrant springtime air. Around noon, our friends Thad and Angie (just days away from their first encounter with parenthood) picked us up and we … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges

Posted on February 7, 2010 by marisa

Kids, the larder was really bare of fresh, local foods this week. Couple my trip out of town last weekend with the fact that I missed the ordering deadline for my bi-weekly Winter Harvest delivery and that Philly got more … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Sausage, Kale and White Bean Soup

Posted on January 11, 2010 by marisa

I’m coming to realize that during the winter months, Sunday is nearly synonymous with soup in my brain. Here in Philly, it barely got above 30 degrees today, making soup doubly necessary. Luckily, I had everything I needed in my … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Chicken Soup on New Year’s Day

Posted on January 3, 2010 by marisa

For New Year’s Eve this year, Scott and I hosted a little party. It wasn’t anything fancy. In fact, the idea for it sprung out of a simple desire to have people over to help us drink up some of … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: A local snack

Posted on December 28, 2009 by marisa

I spent last night on an airplane, struggling to get comfortable in a narrow seat, in the very back row. When I got back to Philly earlier this morning, on very few hours of sleep, my brain was slow and … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: Mostly Local Latkes

Posted on December 14, 2009 by marisa

Hanukkah started last Friday night. For a secular, half-Jewish girl (with Ashkenazi roots) like me, that means it’s latke season. I didn’t grow up with latkes (my mother has something of an aversion to fried foods), but I adopted the … Continue reading →

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Dark Days: All-local soup

Posted on December 6, 2009 by marisa

One of the things that tipped me off to the fact that Scott was the right man for me was when I discovered his nearly endless capacity for consuming leftovers (a couple of weeks ago, when I was down with … Continue reading →

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